TMEM179B

Chr 11

transmembrane protein 179B

NCBI Gene: 374395ENSG00000185475UniProt: Q7Z7N9

Located in nuclear speck and nucleolus. [provided by Alliance of Genome Resources, Jul 2025]

63
ClinVar variants
11
Pathogenic / LP
0.00
pLI score
0
Active trials
Clinical Summary— TMEM179B
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Population Constraint (gnomAD)
Low constraint (pLI 0.00) — loss-of-function variants are relatively tolerated in the population.
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ClinVar Variants
11 Pathogenic / Likely Pathogenic· 50 VUS of 63 total submissions
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Population Genetics & Constraint

gnomAD v4 — loss-of-function & missense intolerance

gnomAD
Tolerant — LoF & missense variants common in population
LoF Constraint?LOEUF (Loss-of-function Observed/Expected Upper bound Fraction) is the upper bound of the 90% CI for LoF OE — the preferred gnomAD v4 metric. Lower = more intolerant to LoF. LOEUF < 0.35 = highly constrained.
1.18LOEUF
pLI 0.001
Z-score 1.17
OE 0.60 (0.33–1.18)
Tolerant

Highly tolerant — LoF variants common in population

Missense Constraint?Missense Z-score: standard deviations fewer missense variants observed vs. expected. Z > 3.09 (p < 0.001) = gene does not tolerate missense variation. OE missense < 0.6 is also considered constrained.
-0.84Z-score
OE missense 1.22 (1.06–1.40)
145 obs / 119.1 exp
Tolerant

Tolerant to missense variation

Observed / Expected Ratios?Shaded band = 90% confidence interval. Vertical tick = point estimate. Grey threshold line = gnomAD constraint cutoff for that variant class.
LoF OE?Ratio of observed to expected LoF variants. Upper CI bound (LOEUF) ≤ 0.35 = strong LoF constraint signal.0.60 (0.33–1.18)
0≤0.351.4
Missense OE?Ratio of observed to expected missense variants. OE ≤ 0.6 = fewer missense variants than expected by chance.1.22 (1.06–1.40)
0≤0.61.4
Synonymous OE?Control metric — synonymous variants are largely neutral and expected near OE = 1.0. Significant deviation may indicate annotation issues.1.11
0≤1.21.6
LoF obs/exp: 6 / 10.0Missense obs/exp: 145 / 119.1Syn Z: -0.62

ClinVar Variant Classifications

63 submitted variants in ClinVar

ClinVar

Classification Summary

Pathogenic8
Likely Pathogenic3
VUS50
8
Pathogenic
3
Likely Pathogenic
50
VUS

Curated Variants Distribution

Classified variants from ClinVar · 5 ACMG categories

ClassificationLoFMissense + InframeNon-codingSynonymousTotal
Pathogenic
0
0
8
0
8
Likely Pathogenic
0
0
3
0
3
VUS
0
45
5
0
50
Likely Benign
0
0
0
0
0
Benign
0
0
0
0
0
Total04516061

LoF = frameshift, stop gained/lost, canonical splice · Counts from ClinVar esearch · Updated hourly

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Protein Context — Lollipop Plot

TMEM179B · protein map & ClinVar variants

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OMIM — Genotype-Phenotype

OMIM

No OMIM entries found.

Clinical Literature
Landmark / reviewRecent case evidence

No publications found for TMEM179B

Clinical Trials

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External Resources

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